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Sunday, March 1, 2009

Unacceptable JR-Lumine Business Practice - "Meeting for Listening to BERG's Story" Takes Place

On February 5, JR Watch held a "Meeting for Listening to BERG's Story" in Tokyo. Beer & Cafe BERG located near the east ticket gate of the Shinjuku Station has 19-year long history and is extremely popular among customers for the high-quality coffee and beer offered at reasonable prices. At present, however, the shop is urged to move out by the end of March 2009 by Lumine, a subsidiary of JR East. The meeting featured a three-minute video followed by detailed explanation of the development of the matter by the shop manager Mr. Ino (left) and the assistant shop manager Mr. Hasamagawa (right). Lumine had demanded change of the contract by means of threatening, stroking and deceiving. Their techniques were exactly the same as those employed in persecuting Kokuro (National Railway Workers' Union). BERG for customers, operated according to an utterly different principle from JR's profit-driven business practices. The thirty participants of the meeting had a brainstorming session for expanding the support for BERG. (M) (See the three-minute video of BERG ・ BERG HP)